corbin bags and side covers that were on ebay

[mmurffy03]

don't know if everybody saw them but a guy on ebay sold a set of corbin beetle bags and side covers they were still new and grey primered they still sell the bags new for 1600.00 but no longer make the side covers and are pretty rare on ebay and over 500.00 when I have seen them he was asking 950.00 plus 50.00 shipping then you paint them he took a best offer guessing 900.00 maybe a bit more they do look good in there online pics on a bumblebee with no blinkers and the stinger seat anybody think this was a good deal for the price he got here is the listing below


http://www.ebay.com/itm/corbin-bettle-bags-Honda-valkrie-/131019058928?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&fits=Make%3AHonda%7CModel%3AValkyrie&hash=item1e81582ef0&vxp=mtr



http://www.corbin.com/honda/valkbags.shtml

[cma1]

my trike is painted in a bright yellow urethane. i went to the paint store last week to buy a pint of the yellow paint to paint a small cargo trailer. the yellow paint, with no clearcoat, no catalyst and no reducer, was (are you ready ?) $97.00 a pint.

paint materials have gotten so out of sight that you really need to watch what you buy. the paintwork can break you.

[mmurffy03]

no wonder flat black is the new look

[mmurffy03]

was that the Honda OEM type paint or just a high quality store brand

[cma1]

it was high quality urethane, which by the way is what honda uses. all are clearcoated urethane colors. they showed me a pint of blue pearl paint used on 2014 chevrolets that costs $160.00 a pint. are we doing the math here ? thats $640.00 a gallon. and -- that doesn't include the clearcoat, the catalyst, reducers, primers, sealers, sandpaper, compound, etc. etc. etc.

i have seen paintwork total a car. stop and realize (some of you already know this cause you are riding custom paint jobs) that it can do upward to 3K to do a nice quality paint job on a valkyrie.

damn, i am old enough to remember charging $300.00 to paint a bike complete. but then i remember when it cost $2.50 to fill the tank up too, not the $30.00 we pay today, i remembeer when $30.00 worth of gas would fill everyone in towns bike.

[mmurffy03]

Earl Shieb would paint any car $39.95 I actually had a Fiat 850 spider painted blue there in 1976

[98valk]

EPA regs have upped the cost. more destruction of this country and jobs by them.

[9Ball]

it was high quality urethane, which by the way is what honda uses. all are clearcoated urethane colors. they showed me a pint of blue pearl paint used on 2014 chevrolets that costs $160.00 a pint. are we doing the math here ? thats $640.00 a gallon. and -- that doesn't include the clearcoat, the catalyst, reducers, primers, sealers, sandpaper, compound, etc. etc. etc.

i have seen paintwork total a car. stop and realize (some of you already know this cause you are riding custom paint jobs) that it can do upward to 3K to do a nice quality paint job on a valkyrie.

damn, i am old enough to remember charging $300.00 to paint a bike complete. but then i remember when it cost $2.50 to fill the tank up too, not the $30.00 we pay today, i remembeer when $30.00 worth of gas would fill everyone in towns bike.

might want to go back and study more math...at $160/pint (8 pints/gallon or 2 pints/quart) then that would be $1280/gallon....just sayin'   

[cma1]

sorry, i got a G.E.D and when i got back from nam they brought me back and graduated me from high schoo. they never taught us to count that high (small town school)